A new episode of my favorite web series came out the other day. Enjoy!
May 072011
And now for something completely different. Last month I traveled to Arkansas with my In-Laws to visit David’s Grandpa in Hot Springs Village. We made a week of it and got in some valuable outdoor time at Petit Jean State Park and in the Ozarks along the Buffalo National River. I wasn’t sure what to [...]
Apr 282011
Trip Report Photos Links Trip Report One of my favorite places to visit in mid-spring is Lava Beds National Monument, a remote pocket of land at the California-Oregon border. It is covered with the remains of significant volcanic activity which means lots of interesting terrain to explore. At last count they had over 700 known [...]
I was recently going through some photos from backpacking trips I did last summer and this photo had me longing to be out in the Sierra on a warm summer day. (click for larger) For information about this location: Trip Report More Photos
“Yosemite Steve” (not to be confused with Yosemite Sam) has done it again with the newest Yosemite Nature Notes video. This one is all about the glowing Horsetail Falls, a phenomenon that happens during the sometimes serendipitous convergence of several components – time of year, angle of sun, clouds, time of day, and recent weather [...]
Jan 032011
Before I dive into the series of desert hiking posts I had to post a quick note about the waterfalls at Uvas Canyon County Park (west of Morgan Hill tucked into the Santa Cruz Mountains). Today was a perfect day to visit as the rain has stopped falling from the sky but it has most [...]
The history of access to Yosemite Valley is interesting – highways 120, 140, and 41 have not always been there. One of the first paved roads into the Valley was the original Big Oak Flat Road (a history can be found here). It was a dangerous road and was eventually replaced with the safer tunnel [...]
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